Diarmait Ó Cobhthaigh
Diarmait Ó Cobhthaigh (fl. 1584) was an Irish poet.
Ó Cobhthaigh was a member of a hereditary bardic family, based in what is now County Westmeath but was once the heartland of the original kingdom of Mide. The family were from the district known as .
Dairmait was the author of a lament for his murdered relative, Uaithne Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1556), which begins Dá néll orcha ós iath Uisnigh/Two clouds of woe over the land of Uisneach. His other work included five theological poems:
- Díon cloinne a n-éec a n-athar ("Safeguard of children in the death of their father"), which consisted of one hundred and sixty verses.
- Fiú a bheatha bás tighearna ("The cost of life the death of a lord")
- Mairg as aidhne a n-aghaidh breithimh ("Alas! the pleader is facing the judge")
- Mairg nach taithigh go teacgh ríogh ("Alas! that I did not go to the king's house")
- Deacair aidhneas earca ríogh ("A powerful argument the tributes of a king")
Extant versions of some of these poems are held by the Royal Irish Academy.
See also[]
- An Clasach Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1415
- Maeleachlainn Ó Cobhthaigh (died 1429
References[]
- Ó Cobhthaigh family, pp. 435–436, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, volume 41, Norbury-Osbourne, September 2004.
Categories:
- 16th-century Irish writers
- People from County Westmeath
- Irish-language poets
- Irish religious writers
- People of Elizabethan Ireland